A lot has happened in the past six months, the most interesting thing being that I won a creative writing award from Northern Arizona University for recognition of outstanding achievement in creative writing--fiction. I received a sum of money that I will use toward school and a really lovely certificate that is currently on my cork board so that I can look at it for encouragement whenever I want to. I won it for the story most of you knew as "The Record Keeper," and the voting board claimed that my writing was "post-graduate" level, which is literally the most incredible compliment I could've ever received from professors/creative writers I respect more than anything. I'm so honored to be recognized by professionals for doing what I love.
To those of you who I haven't talked to in months, I am so sorry for neglecting my responsibility as a friend. This semester at university was so incredibly challenging that I hardly had time for anybody--even myself (and I'm not quite done yet, so please bear with me for just another week before I start contacting you all again). I've written more than 125 double-spaced pages of writing (mostly literary analysis); I've read more than 14 books; and I've watched around 18 films this semester. Fortunately, I don't see semesters getting much harder than this one, and I survived with my 4.0 GPA still in tact, I hope.
But I digress: I do hope to contact all of my dear friends who have sent me letters or e-mails during the school year!
I love you all and I hope all is well. How has everyone's 2013 been so far? Any news I may have missed?






